bill clinton said to sum up the first presidential debate and what bill clinton thinks will happen at next one? that is next. >>> this right here was the state of the presidential race one month ago tonight. take a look at this. president obama and mitt romney were essentially neck and neck, all throughout the summer, and then, boing! president obama very quickly and very dramatically jumped out to a six-point lead. what happened all of a sudden to cause that sort of jump? well, right here was president obama's speech at the democratic convention in charlotte. what you're looking at thereafter is what people call the post-convention bounce. after what had been a static race, president obama not only jumped ahead in national polls like this gallup daily tracking poll, but he also jumped out to a sizable lead in all the key swing states. here's what the race looked like around this time last month. president obama was up in virginia, up in in new hampshire, almost could not find a swing state poll that did not show president obama increasing his lead. this is what a post-convention boun

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main reasons record surpluses under bill clinton were turned into record deficits under george bush is because we put two wars and two tax cuts on a credit card. and now governor romney wants another $5 trillion in tax cuts that he can't pay for? not if i have anything to say about it. that's not going to happen. [applause] we are not going to let this country fall backward. not now. not with so much at stake. we've got to move forward. we need to invest in small business and manufacturers who create jobs here in the united states. we need to recruit 100,000 math and science teachers, train two million workers at community college, bring down the cost of college tuition. we need to -- [cheers and applause] we need to cut our oil imports in half. create thousands more jobs in clean energy. we need to use the savings from ending the wars in iraq and afghanistan to help pay down our deficit and put people back to work doing some nation building right here at home. that's the agenda we need. that's how you strengthen the middle class. that's how you keep moving forward. that's the choic

that stuff i said the last two years. >> that's bill clinton showing the democrats how to take on romney/ryan. let's hope they get the message starting now. >>> also, what really happened in that fatal attack in benghazi? republicans are charged with the state department with lack security. republicans say democrats are trying to score points off a tragedy. a ceo says if a certain candidate wins presidency, he may have to fire people. see if you can guess which billionaire this candidate opposes? this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> now you see it and now you don't. late today president obama weighed in. on an interview on abc, romney's latest position on abortion is an attempt to mask the position he's been running on. let's listen. >> other example of governor romney hiding posit

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last two years. >> that's bill clinton showing the democrats how to take on romney/ryan. let's hope they get the message starting now. >>> also, what really happened in that fatal attack in benghazi? republicans are charged with the state department with lack security. republicans say democrats are trying to score points off a tragedy. a ceo says if a certain candidate wins presidency, he may have to fire people. see if you can guess which billionaire this candidate opposes? this is "hardball," the place for politics. you. we know you. we know you have to rise early... and work late, with not enough sleep in between. how you sometimes need to get over to that exit, like, right now. and how things aren't... just about you anymore. introducing the all-new, smart-sensing... honda accord. it starts with you. >>> now you see it and now you don't. late today president obama weighed in. on an interview on abc, romney's latest position on abortion is an attempt to mask the position he's been running on. let's listen. >> other example of governor romney hiding positions he's been campaigning

department from secretary of state, hillary clinton, and the obama white house, a decision made, i believe, my personal opinion, is they wanted the appearance of "normalization," in libya. >>reporter: the congressman has returned from libya and it is worth noting on the trip he said there is absolutely no mention of this amateurish youtube video clip that the administration initially blamed for the attack in benghazi. >>shepard: thank you, catherine, from washington, dc. now, the pain at pump and the price of gas in record is at a record high for the 4th straight day. some good news, though, aaa reports the cost of a gallon crept up by less than a cent so it is almost unchanged. still, it is $4.67 a gallon, up 50 cents from last week and way above the national average at $ $3.82. in southern california, you will be set back ridiculous amounts. experts say the gas prices will fall to a more manageable levels in the next few days because of major refinery is back in service after losing power last week. now, the associate managing editor of the the "wall street journal," parent compa

10% to -- the lowest number since i took office. >> reporter: the disappointment, bill clinton said, to republicans who fought jobs plans. >> you've got to feel some sympathy with them because they worked so hard to keep unemployment above 8% and they got above two months of getting the job done. it almost makes you want to cry for the disappointment that they face. it really broke their hearts to see unemployment drop. i want a president and a congress that loves it when unemployment drops. >> reporter: well, for nearly the last week now, the campaign has been dominated by reactions to the presidential debate, but the focus changes within hours as paul ryan and joe biden prepare for their vice- presidential debate on thursday. that will be on the news cycle maybe until a week from tonight when the next presidential debate takes place and the narrative changes once again. only a month to go. >> and perhaps one way to describe the race is not red hot but perhaps bright yellow. we are talking about the controversial comments made about big bird and sesame street. after mitt romney ple

need to see secretary clinton under oath. >> sean: how about the est? ca? wou t t al ts l the president even when he went to the u.n. kept going back to the stupid movie trailer nobody believed had any part of this. >> again and again and again, you saw both this coverup and i thinkt's important that they teyi breer offials t t tos st . esi, as saying it was a video, has for the most part been silent on t. have you a coverup of air terrorist attack because it doesn't fit with theirhole notion that somehow al qaeda is on the rope, which the president ntins to. ls kea guheef dtm isaep sg qaeda is ascendant throughout the middle-east. you have also got this question of why they din't have enough security. >> sean: they asked for security and they were denied. thwet lncts rodi uos, h hy t request should have been granted. but the lying and the coverup and the stonewalling is the big issue. let's look a montage of the white house's evoing sry. viceird at american embassies over an all of internet video. >> this is under investigation. the unrest around the region has been in respon

, whatever it was. >> cenk: mitt romney in a nutshell. this guy is unreal. so clinton is deciding, you know what, i'm not going to let him get away with this. bill clinton in nevada listen to what he is saying. >> i thought--i thought--wow. here's old moderate mitt. where you been, boy i missed you all these years. >> cenk: that might have been my favorite line of the campaign. where you been, boy. that's an open hand slap, boy what are you going to do about it? you remember 'ol mitt romney called moderate mitt, that's what bill clinton called him. when he was running for governor in massachusetts, first as governor and then did it again with ted kennedy when running for senate. me? i'm pro-choice. listen to this guy. >> i will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, a woman's right to choose for a woman to make that choice herself. a woman should have the right to make her own choices whether or not she should have an abortion. i will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose. i do not take the position of a pro-life candidate. i'm in favor of preserving and protecting a

hillary rodham clinton as the secretary of state and a second letter of thanks from barack obama for the same topic. >> when you give speeches and he says people ask him what is your most memorable part of your career he says i would have to say that other people think the most memorable part of my career is the baseball scandal. those records are not here. he was involved in the red cross fund distributions because he was working in the capacity of those organizations so they apply in other places. the congressional papers end up with congressional records, too and they have to create the institutions if they want to pull the whole picture together. >> coverage continues here on booktv. >> we are in our public reading room. we of patrons doing genealogical research and personal computers and looking for good works and we are going into these main authors collection and in the early 1920's henry is the state librarian at the time started collecting books by the writers trying to get them signed whenever possible, and it's grown into this. in fact we also have an annex to this room bu

. where you been, boy? i missed you all these last two years. >> president clinton rises again as mitt romney implodes over a woman's right to choose. tonight, terry o'neill of the national organization for women on mitt romney's war on women etch a sketch. bob shrum on the candidate without a core. >> it's very important for folks to just make sure that they understand that as long as people stay focused, we will win this thing. >> the president is rallying the troops as joe biden gets ready to take on lying ryan. >> trust me, i come from detroit west. we know we need a healthy auto sector. >> howard fineman and john nichols have the debate preview. >>> and from the coal mine owner to the real estate mogul, ceos are holding their workers hostage to get votes for mitt romney. tonight, former labor secretary robert reich on the revolt of the plutocrats. >> i'll tell you, you've got a great boss, he runs a great operation. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. mitt romney is the candidate who will say whatever it takes to win. the race is tightening, but romne

state, hillary clinton and other personnel. can we talk about that? or not? >> if it was in a classified setting the only thing that i would think is appropriate is any inconsistencies you have seen in testimony today you could relate. otherwise, the specifics i could not judge. >> it comes down to what caused this? miss lamb, i have read your testimony. it would be horrible to watch what was going on. and the same night i read another account, at 8:30 p.m. the ambassador said good night to a visiting turkish diplomat and the streets were empty but at 9:40 p.m. an explosion was heard by agents located in building b. it is absolutely preposterous to me that we would watch ambassador rice go out and say, five days later, i would sit in a briefing and, no, you have it all wrong. this is not a terrorist attack. this is a result of a 15-minute youtube. we are in denial or, unfortunately, and some of the members are concerned because i have to tell you it is very unfortunate that terrorists don't recognize this is an election year. they tend to do what they want any time they want and when we

to see secretary clinton under oath. >> sean: how about the president? jay carney? they went out there and they were pushing this lie? all of them. the president even when he went to the u.n. kept going back to the stupid movie trailer nobody believed had any part of this. >> again and again and again, you saw both this coverup and i think it's important that they had career officials there today testifying, but secretary clinton has been silent on t. the president, when he wasn't saying it was a video, has for the most part been silent on t. have you a coverup of air terrorist attack because it doesn't fit with their whole notion that somehow al qaeda is on the rope, which the president continues to say. we also know that in early august, the defense department published a report saying al qaeda is ascendant throughout the middle-east. you have also got this question of why they didn't have enough security. >> sean: they asked for security and they were denied. there were at least 16 incidents of terror leading up to this, which is why the request should have been granted. but t

and turn it into a campbell soup of politics, which is what you had with the clintons, they had a very long history and years of service. how do you manage through a crisis? what happens when that prices outside starts to shake the confidence inside? how do you get control of a narrative that is escaping? all those things are available when you look at 2008 and even in 2012. some people get their lessons from the board room. some people get them from the classroom. some people get them from playing field. some people get them from the battlefield. i get mine from the campaign trail. personal and organizational success. we will talk a little about a few things tonight. i want to do three things tonight. first, i want you to love campaigns the way i do. we'll talk a little about what it's like to be on a campaign. i will tell a little bit of my story for the student trying to navigate your way to success, second. so maybe we can open up some questions around that. finally, question and answer. i hope we can explore a little bit about language and by experience, talk about what people are

hillary clinton did know that she is responsible for not passing it on. my question is do you plan to bring the secretary of state before the committee, put her under oath and ask what did she know and when did she know it? >> well, there is certainly a clear interest in getting to exactly that point because what you are seeing is thece communw being laid out to dry as if somehow they are the ones who are responsible when in fact there was clear information that at least would have had a prudent person second guess whether we would be able to rely exclusively on the fact that this was driven by a video. so the idea that they could still be five days later having a u.n. ambassador out on the national tv programs claiming the video was the poety visiting factor are -- motivating factor when long before that there was strong indications and the conclusions as you heard the testimony that day from a chief person at the state department who said within 24 hours t was h his conclusion that it was a terrorist dominated issue. so who is talking to the state department? and the real lack of

just the first one. >> the former director of speech for president clinton, ryan. you couldn't even restrain yourself from rolling your eyes there. >> you know, i think that actually it's good for president obama to seem humble and thoughtful and hey, i didn't have a great night. i personally don't think that was the key problem. i think that mitt romney was bet e prepared, but also, president obama has a tough time defending his record when he's confronted with someone who's nimble and more moderate. so i think that was fundamentally awkward. i think the idea that barack obama were to call out mitt romney for lying, it's very popular with the democratic base. those persuadable swing voters might find that unpleasant. so it's a sensible thipg for him to say on a radio show, but in reality, i'm not sure if that would make president obama seem appealing. >> i have to say michael from the focus group, what i saw, that is going to play much better. 39 people. but anytime someone said someone was a liar, dishonest, people don't like hearing it. >> he needs to find a way to explain among

starting at 6 p.m.. former president clinton will be in the region today he's scheduled to appear at a campaign event at uc davis where he will endorse four northern california candidates for congress including incumbent mcinnerney. >>> santa cruz police looking for attempted kidnapping suspect they released a sketch of the man they hope you can help identify him. he drove up next to an 11-year-old boy on walnut street 4:00 yesterday and asked if he wanted a ride. the man repeatedly ordered the boy into the vehicle, but the boy refused ran to a nearby home and called 911. the suspect is described as white, 40 to 50-years-old, weighing about 200 pounds. >>> gas prices leveled off overnight but remain at record high prices in california. this morning $4.67 for regular, in san francisco, up a fraction of a cent to $4.74. drivers in oakland and san jose, $4.67. governor brown approved using winter gas which takes less refining to help bring prices back down it can take a few more days before prices fall. >>> if you are looking to find the cheapest gas in town, we can help. go to abc7n

secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting with the president. there seems to be a schism in their narratives. it was hillary clinton who not immeately, but soon after startedri tohi a an in stark can tros to what ambassador susan rice was saying. is hillary clinton on a different page? >> it seems like it. perhaps she is in the white house today to get bacon the same page as barack obama. wh?sitas fm, s nave san rice on tape saying this was a protest that had gone bad. protest over the film, hillary clinton herself, many apologies for the film, obvusly there was the cairo deal as well. the indicio washisas a haadparknial trhen itad >>emd people let's play am bass sore susan rice on the sunday talk shows. >> the best assessment we have today is thatn fact this w at. p pmeta wa apoanus reaction to what had just transfired in cairo as a consequence of the video. ou current assessment is what happened in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneousee racks to what hadustre opcatfheemst nsouacity in cairo, which were prompted, of course, by the video. >> what our assessment is as of th

classified and can only be dealt with in classified sessions. as secretary clinton has said. the american people expect that the family who lost loved ones -- families who lost loved ones deserve an accurate accounting. we lost friends and colleagues, a cross section of those who put their lives on the line every day. in the inherently dangerous work of diplomatic service to our nation. the secretary has already appointed a review board and is working to determine if our security systems and procedures where appropriate in light of the threat environment and whether they were properly implemented. the secretary has asked us to work as quickly and transparency as pot -- transparently as possible. this is a complicated review that will take time. we will be better able to assess the information we have. until then, it is an incomplete picture and, as a result, our answers today will be incomplete. we have always made clear we were given the best information we had at the time. for example, if any administration official, including any career official, were on television sunday, september 16

campaign theme that the democrats pushing. listen to bill clinton in vegas. >> i had a different reaction to that first debate than a lot of people did. i mean, i thought -- i thought -- wow. here's old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? i missed you the last two years. now the problem with this deal is the deal was made by severe conservative mitt. that was how he described himself for two whole years. until three, four days before the debate they all got together and said hey, man, this ship is sinking faster than the titanic. >> he did run it in the primary, mitt romney, calling himself severely conservative. is there risk in this strategy? what is behind it? what's the thinking? >> i think that there -- they sense a narrowing in the poll. there have been a narrowing of the polls since the debate. i think that the opportunity is in the mid tool grab those swing voters and -- i -- i think that what the president needs to do now is to really hone in on the poor message of taxes but also job growth. i think we haven't heard enough yet about how great the members were last week.

, ashley, romney's senior foreign policy advisers were looking to jfk, harry truman, even bill clinton in his second term as presidents that they are looking at in terms of shaping a potential doctrine in the future. last week a lot of people you heard a lot of pundits on the right and left saying maybe mitt romney is moving to the middle on domestic policy issues, perhaps we'll see a little bit of that today in the foreign policy realm. >> stand by if you will. thank you for that as the crowd begins to build hint you and all eyes on romney's speech this morning and the president for his part couldn't be farther aw away. he is out west. he might be speaking to some. he is drumming up money from a-listers and wig money doen ars. brie on akeilar is live with us and looking to at $10 million to the $181 million he raised last month. what is the plan of attack? >> he needs the money. i will tell you, ashley, tomorrow he is going to ohio which is a key battleground state where he is doing better in the optimpolls than mitt rom. the other thing he is doing is dedicating a memorial to caesar cha

have to find out. today apparently hillary clinton who we haven't seen much in the last new days is meeting with barack obama. it's a big news when he takes a day off the campaign trail. i'll remind everybody watching fox right now the day after september 11th when we lost our ambassador and three other brave souls the president went onto campaign in nevada. he reference epd the attack, went on, kept on the campaign trail and now these questions linger. i think before the election takes place we should know the truth about the economy, what the numbers really mean and we should know the truth about the sensitive issue of benghazi. this is a critical issue. whether it was confidence, or corruption, or politics we don't really know. but we know that they said one thing, and that was verify plea untrue. >> reporter: interesting that secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting with the president. there seems to be a schism in their narratives. it was hillary clinton who not immediately, but soon after started referring to this as a terrorist attack, well before the white house was wil

in this room because secretary of state hillary clinton will be coming shortly after that. i hope everyone is hungry. and, please join me in thanking all of our speakers. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> live picture here on c-span2 as a csis symposium on north africa begins a lunch break. that is the center for strategic and international studies. they're expected back around 2:00 p.m. eastern. secretary of state hillary clinton will speak at that point. we'll be back to show you that live. elsewhere on the c-span networks we have other live events to tell you about. the new america foundation is looking at north africa today, too. their focus will be on the arab spring and the civil war in syria. that gets underway at 2:00 p.m. eastern and that is on c-span3. and the beat goes on the road to the white house. vice president biden, fresh off last night's debate, is in wisconsin today with his wife jill to campaign at the university of wisconsin in lacrosse. we'll have live coverage for you starting at 2:45 p.m. eastern, on our companion network, c-

administration, whether it was vo dtirout cover up that teyo heoig ouan s tic of hillary clinton. she is the head of the department of state. and you have to figure she would like to be president. she doesn't need this kind of a scanda in the end of h te aeca oat . n m suicoror h did hillary clinton say you go out on the sunday shows and do this? she does work for department of state. >> gretchen: or does she? >> steve: you have to figure it was one of the people insi o w he, lo helnc t shth i pabhat happened and you need to go on the sunday schools. >> brian: i have a better theory. if it was true and s is a senior person of the state department she should he done the sy s. neheho bse she carries so much weight and she knew so little or she would willing to say an untruth. if you leave staryf staleerforhe retipa is bill clinton and you mess with his wife, barack ama -- >> gretchen: mae that's why hillary clinton was not doing that sunday talk show. weon'tnohy s wot ou t omfortable. >> gretchen: or maybe she did. >> steve: tre are stories that there was cia intelligence that suggested it